JA750 Gōki Yukuefumei

1959 1h 3m JA

Drama

Synopsis

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1958 Newspaper Association Sweepstakes Winning Broadcast Drama Movie. A heartwarming and moving story that bloomed behind the competition between two newspaper reporters, one young and the other old, who followed the whereabouts of the distressed aircraft. It is an adaptation of the prize-winning broadcast drama recruited by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Week in 1958. The original author was Tsuneyuki Mori.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kyosuke Aihara
Reiko Arai
Hiroshi Chō
Ayako Fukuda
Toyo Fukuda
Hiroshi Hijikata
Akira Hisamatsu
Mihoko Inagaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tokujirō Yamazaki
Writers: Tsuneyuki Morishima, Kinya Naoi, Tsuneyuki Morishima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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67 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Kyosuke Aihara and Reiko Arai and Hiroshi Chō carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt13189072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tokujirō Yamazaki directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
267 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Kyosuke Aihara and Reiko Arai and Hiroshi Chō carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt13189072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.